Miami vs. New England

Scores and stats from WhatIfSports.com's NFL simulations

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

September 16th, 2008

WhatIfSports.com "played" the Week 3 - Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots game 61 times. The New England Patriots win 89.6% of the time by an average score of 22.4-8.9. The stats in the boxscore below represent the average outcomes of those simulations.

To view stats and scores from every NFL game this week and learn more about how these simulations work, please visit our Week 3 NFL Scores page.

Miami Team Stats

New England Team Stats

Points

8.9

Points

22.4

Win %

10.4

Win %

89.6

First Downs

13.6

First Downs

18.2

- Rushing

4.4

- Rushing

7.6

- Passing

8.7

- Passing

10

- Penalty

0.5

- Penalty

0.6

3rd Down Eff

5.3/14.8

3rd Down Eff

5.9/13.8

4th Down Eff

0.5/1.5

4th Down Eff

0.3/0.6

Rushes-Yards

29.2-93

Rushes-Yards

38.8-142.9

Avg Rush

3.2

Avg Rush

3.7

Comp-Att-Int

15.9-28-1.1

Comp-Att-Int

13.2-22.3-0.7

Passing Yards

153.5

Passing Yards

169.6

Sacked-Yards

2.7-17.5

Sacked-Yards

1.2-6.7

Fumbles-Lost

0.8-0.5

Fumbles-Lost

0.7-0.4

Punts-Avg

5.4-40.4

Punts-Avg

4.8-37

KR-Avg

4.6-21.6

KR-Avg

3.1-22.1

PR-Avg

4.7-10.6

PR-Avg

5.3-9.9

Penalties-Yards

4.3-27

Penalties-Yards

3.2-21.4

Time of Possession

28:09

Time of Possession

32:09

Miami Individual Stats

New England Individual Stats

Rushing

Att

Yds

TD

Ricky Williams

17.4

52

0.3

Ronnie Brown

10.3

38.9

0.2

Casey Cramer

1.2

2.1

0

Rushing

Att

Yds

TD

Laurence Maroney

15.3

67.4

0.6

Sammy Morris

12

46.6

0.5

Heath Evans

4.3

13.7

0.1

Matt Cassel

5.4

9

0.1

Kevin Faulk

1

3.2

0

Receiving

Rec

Yds

TD

Greg Camarillo

4.2

49.6

0.1

Ted Ginn Jr.

2.4

34.3

0.1

Anthony Fasano

2.9

29.4

0.1

Derek Hagan

2.1

22.5

0.1

Ricky Williams

1.3

10.8

0

David Martin

1.1

9.8

0

Ronnie Brown

1

7.1

0

Receiving

Rec

Yds

TD

Randy Moss

4.6

82.7

0.5

Wes Welker

4.8

52.9

0.3

Jabar Gaffney

1

12.9

0.1

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Yards

TD

INT

Chad Pennington

15.2

26.6

164.5

0.5

1.1

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Yards

TD

INT

Matt Cassel

13.2

22.3

176.3

1.1

0.7

Field Goals

Made

Missed

Dan Carpenter

1.2

0.8

Field Goals

Made

Missed

Stephen Gostkowski

1.3

0.8

Paul Bessire is the Senior Quantitative Analyst and Content Manager for WhatIfSports.com and a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at BtB@whatifsports.com. Thanks!